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50 Best Acoustic Drum Kit Samples

(including lots of great FREE drum samples!)

We all know the big players in the market – BFD, SSD, SD, AD, … But we tried to find some more exotic, less-known drum libraries, samples, sample packs, kits and samplers / drum sampling applications.
Ofcourse, some of you will recognize lot of them, but I’m sure there are names nobody heard of. There’s (as of last update) more than 70 (!) drum sample providers here (hundreds of kits/libraries/bundles) and lots of freebies.This page is being constantly updated, so be sure to check back again

Drumdrops have a great reputation for their live drum tracks. Now they have started releasing Sample Packs. The first kit available is a 1963 Premier Outfits 54 Kit Recorded at Miloco’s The Pool available as a Kontakt 5 kit, or two other packs a multi-velocity pack and a simpler 3 velocity pack. Both of these can be imported into any sampler or drum machine. Update: there are new kits in their pool: Rogers Big R Dub, Gretsch 1960s Round Badge, 1965 Ludwig Super Classic, Yamaha Hybrid, Mapex Heavy Rock, …

Nine carefully recorded drum kits played by five outstanding drummers with three different microphone settings, all masterfully engineered and put together by a legendary punk rock producer. For Reason.

Great pricing, pretty good sound. Several kits, including Tea Towel Drum, Brush Drum, Black Toms, … V-Drum ready. Compatible with Kontakt 3.5. Very affordable.Update: they have a new library called Classic Rock Drums.

Drummix is a collection of acoustic drum plugins recorded at a professional recording studio with pristine equipment. The plugins comes in both a stereo and multiple output versions. The user has the possibilities to mix each recorded microphone like a real drum kit.

These sample sets are designed for producer’s looking for a very heavy yet natural sound. These samples are all custom made and slightly EQ’d to create perfectly balanced and well rounded drum tones … Bundle: 60$

Includes both stick and brush samples on a vintage 4-piece ’60s Gretsch kit — a popular choice among the best players in jazz. 10 velocities left and right snare hits on a limited-edition, 75th anniversary Noble & Cooley snare. For Reason Refill (NN-XT sampler), Logic ESX24, Kontakt, Structure (Pro Tools) and Garageband Mac (not iPad) $17.95

Freebies:

DrumGizmo is an open source cross-platform drum plugin and stand-alone application. It is comparable to several commercial drum plugin products.
They have so far 3 drum kits sampled, ready for free download.

Captured at 44.1kHz/24bit using only a pair of Shure SM57s and an Apogee Duet, Basement Drums captures the authentic sound of an average drum kit with round robin layering and multiple velocities. For times when other drum sounds are too “clean”, “produced” or “even” Basement Drums could be your secret weapon.

Thank you Wolfgang and Drum signals for taking the time to post this list of the 50 best acoustic drum samples. I found it very helpful in finding the right drum kit samples for my project. People like you make the internet a great community.